Pounce-holder



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J. G. HILL.

BOUNCE HOLDER.

N0. 303,848. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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JEREMIAH CLINTON HILL, OF IVILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

POUNCE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICA TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,848, dated August19, 1884.

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Be it known that I, JEREMIAH C. HILL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of ll'illiamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPounce- Ilolders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification, and in which .Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved pounce-holder. Fig, 2 is a similar view of the pounce-ball andits handle, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the completedevice.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for holding and using pounce ofthatclass in which the pounce material is contained within a suitable bagand used by rubbing the said bag against the paper where the erasure hasbeen made; and it consist s in the improved construction ofa device ofthat class which will be hereinafter more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes a cylindrical box, made of anysuitable mate rial, and I) is the pounce-ball. The. latter isconstructed of ehamois-skin or undressed kid, and has a. number of veryfine apertures. (Indicated at G.) This ball is filled with any suitablepounce material-such as powdered cut-tie fish bone, resin, or gumsandarac, finely powdered. The upper part of the bag is gathered andtied to form a neck, D, which is inserted into a recess, E, in theoverlapping top part, F, of the handle, (shown at G,) and fastenedtherein by suitable glue or cemcut. This part F overlaps the top of thebox, and thus effectually excludes dust, so that the ball will always beclean and ready for immediate use without requiring it to be first wipedoff.

I am aware that Letters Patent No. 84,346 were granted to Cushrnan andDennis on the ZAthd-ay of November, 1868, for a ball or bag of leatheror skin secured to a handle and filled with pulverized chalk or similarmaterial, and I do not wish to claim such construction, broadly; but

I claim- The herein described pounce-holder, the same consisting of thebox or inclosure A, foraminated pounce-ball B, of chamois or similarmaterial, containing suitable pounce material, and having the neck I),and the handle G, having the overlapping cover F, provided with acentral recess, E, for the permanent attachment of the pounce bag orholder, sub stantially as and for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoa'tfixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEREMIAH CLINTON HILL.

Vi tn esses:

F. II. McOQRMIoK, J. F. STRIEBY.

